San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-29
OUR BROOKLYN LETTER



BROOELYN, April %, 1887.
The Brooklyn street car ghost shows
up every now and then, but not quite as
often 40 formerly. The conductor says
that the apparitiOn has so far been seen
by five persons beside himself, the Last to
do so, being a young lady who dld NOT
observe this strangr passenger TIL
she almost Sat down in his lap. Then
she Jumped and said hastily" 81 beg your
nardOn. sir" The lady friend who WAS
with her. seeing nothing, laughed heart
ily at the Incident. Finally, to settle
things. the conductor was interviewed
on the back platform. "lf there is any
body sitting there, it must be ghost"
he replied, "for | hayHc't RING up any
fare.'' "What did tell your said the
scofTer. "Wcl don't care" said the
other. There Is a man sitting by the
stove. aud see him this minute" and
of they went. GhatteTing much to the
conductor delight lie says now that
he is sure he is not crazy.
n. J. TavIor. it,, son of the secretary
of state. declares tina he did see his
grandfather. who was ut mat moment
supposed to be very i'll in Nashville, en-
ter his room and stand by his bedside
1t was found sfterwarh that when this
occurred the old gentleman had been
dead about an hour, so here Ia another
spOok story.
MARX Twain's Triumph" over the
staid, logical and knOwledgaDie 7. W.
Higginson, has started the humOrist or
a new tack. When he gets over laugh
ing at the Joke which Is certainly the
best so far as heard from; he intends TO
take up arms in earnest against the
ridiculous examining system In our pub
lie schools. Well, may he think that
"T. w. ii. has paid him the greatest
compliment he ever received" and says
"If he could have had the wit to dee
cribe circle as a round straight line
with hole in the middle, he should have
laughed at himself the rest Of his life.
English rs She is taught" is creating a
sensation.
A gentleman from Iowa, writes that
he cannot get along without coffee, and
that to follow the directions laid down
by the makers OF hypOphOsphites, this
''morning bracer" must be discarded.
The "bracer' can be weakened grRdu-
ally, and part Of cup Of moderately
strong coffee will not Interfere with the
action of this remedy. 1t did not in my
own case. But coffee as some people
drink it, is SO fierce and decided in its
effects upon the nervous system as 10
possess the whole tenement Of clay for
its own exclusive use. The scientific
blending of lime and soda in this reme-
dy helps the food to digest and assimi-
late and so builds up broken down it's
sue. Coffee drinkers are usually thin,
salIOw and nervous, and the effect on the
lungs ought TO be apparent.
Amber beads which our granGmoth-
ers used 10 lie about our neCks for the
prevention OF Group, are now all the
rage for young ladies. The real stuff ia
very pretty and bv no means cheap. For
the street they are worn we'll up under
the ears, as street and visiting costumes
are made stu very high in the neck.
For the evening longer strings are nCceS-
sGry to fit the entirely different home
waist with its ruilles of soft lace SO cut
AS 10 show the pTettlest part OF the
throat.
Worth frOwns upon the small tGpering
waist. In fitting fashionable Ameri-
can recently, he ordered her corset
stTi gs lOOsened, and suggested some
padding between the shoulder blades.
This is the last dress this artist will ever
cut for this lady, for her rage knows no
bounds. Ii must be distressing to hOld
once breath for years, aud lap ones
ribs, and theu have the style change.
The radical spring hat is sie"pie-
crowned iiyuTattYely and literally. The
latest Partisan ab7urdity is high,
rOund-brimmcd affair, faced with velvet
and constructed Of seven folds OF cloth
or silk TO match The costume, producing
shingling effect which grOtesquely
matches the Westinghouse steeple.
This is trimmed with high bows of con-
trGsting ribbons at the back. One can
not get out Of fashiOn if one only secures
height and trimming enough.
Professor LOisctte is the mao most
talked of in New York scientific and
social circles today. His rooms are
crowded by young and old, all anxious
TO learn how to remember, or better still
perhaps bow not to forget. Merchants,
lawyers, editors, brokers, actors and
ministers are GIl represented. a re-
porter, who for lack Of time, had not
been able to perfect himself in short
hand, says that after one months les
SONS he can mcm0riZe at least half
of lecture or sermon and